Getting Minted One Year On

I’m a financially independent, 50-something, UK based, man who wants to share what I have learned. It’s one year on since I started this blog. I’ve been a bit quiet lately because of some distractions in the rest of my life, but I’m hoping to write more soon.

I’m pleased that I have kept it going for a year and have been able to express my point of view on certain topics. I’ve written 26 posts and garnered over 3,000 views. I’d like to think my writing has been of interest and has maybe been helpful to some readers.

I’ve struggled to write as much as I feel I should say, and as much as I feel I have to say. I feel I have been on the path to financial independence and beyond for over 35 years now so I have formed many views on these topics which I will try to put into words in future posts.

Thanks for your comment and the links.

These both feature real life experience in the US.

Ogre Nosesays:

Keep up with the testimony.

Good to see you compared your portfolio returns to an index : did that myself this year, and found that I was not quite the master investor I had hoped myself to be, and more of an averagely lucky monkey.

A query – you seemed to be comparing to the index, when you should have compared to the total return. Such as you can get from here: http://www.swanlowpark.co.uk/ftseannual
Or, have I just misunderstood?

Thanks for your comment. Yes, reviewing against the index is a good test and a reality check.

In response to your query I can confirm that I review my total return against the FTSE All Share total return (19.17% for 2019) as shown in your link. Please see the Total Return part of my previous post where the growth columns represent total return:https://gettingminted.com/financial-review-at-31-december-2019/